Intellectual Property Rights in Computer Programs in the USA and Germany

Klaus Lodigkeit

ISBN 10: 3631540396 / ISBN 13: 9783631540398

Verlag: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2006, 2006

Beschreibung

This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The author provides an overview and comparison of software protection law in two countries whose technological expertise had important influence on the digital information age - the United States and Germany. The book shows software protections under trade secrets, copyright law and patent law in the USA and Germany and also the interaction of these laws in both countries. It is a contribution to the field of comparative computer software law and will be helpful to lawyers who advise software owners and developers for the German and American markets. It is also helpful to lawyers unfamiliar with intellectual property law in general, who wish to understand the fundamental concepts of these laws for computer software.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 116 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783631540398

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Intellectual Property Rights in Computer Programs in the USA and Germany
• Verlag: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2006
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3631540396
• ISBN-13: 9783631540398
• Bindung: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

The author provides an overview and comparison of software protection law in two countries whose technological expertise had important influence on the digital information age – the United States and Germany. The book shows software protections under trade secrets, copyright law and patent law in the USA and Germany and also the interaction of these laws in both countries. It is a contribution to the field of comparative computer software law and will be helpful to lawyers who advise software owners and developers for the German and American markets. It is also helpful to lawyers unfamiliar with intellectual property law in general, who wish to understand the fundamental concepts of these laws for computer software.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The Author: Klaus Lodigkeit is an intellectual property lawyer in private practice in Hamburg. He is specialized in litigation and transactions involving trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets for technologies in computer systems, biotech, health care, and internet fields. The author published and lectured on intellectual property law, and served as a law clerk at the German Patent and Trademark Office and as an in-house counsel for software companies. He received a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Hamburg, and a Master of Law in Intellectual Property from the University of Houston.